Behind closed doors, President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has become a somewhat fractious and chaotic environment according to a new report.The Washington Post reported Saturday that "new camps have formed" at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida with competing visions for how to prepar...

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Trump’s transition team is reportedly mired in infighting at Mar-a-Lago, with factions clashing over control and strategy for his return to the White House.

The Washington Post detailed heated disputes, including shouting matches, name-calling, and physical altercations.

Three key factions have emerged: one led by Donald Trump Jr. and JD Vance, another by Trump ally Susie Wiles, and a third by Linda McMahon.

High-profile confrontations involve figures like Boris Epshteyn, Elon Musk, and Vance, highlighting tensions over Cabinet picks and leaks, further fracturing the team.

    • InputZero@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      It’s worth watching CGP Grey’s video on The Rules for Rulers. In it he explains why allies of the new rulers are tossed out when the old rulers are deposed. What makes a person good at grabbing power doesn’t necessarily make them good at keeping it.

    • frezik@midwest.social
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      27 days ago

      It consolidates it, but that means the in-group is smaller. Fascisim is a death cult in the long run as it has to keep everyone focused on an enemy, but they have to invent a new enemy if they defeat that one.

      https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

      For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle. Thus pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. It is bad because life is permanent warfare. This, however, brings about an Armageddon complex. Since enemies have to be defeated, there must be a final battle, after which the movement will have control of the world. But such a “final solution” implies a further era of peace, a Golden Age, which contradicts the principle of permanent war. No fascist leader has ever succeeded in solving this predicament.